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Nuneaton railway station serves the large town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England. The station is managed by London Midland. It is served by three railway lines; the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, the Birmingham-Leicester-Peterborough Line and the Nuneaton to Coventry branch line. It was known, during the period 1924–1969 as Nuneaton Trent Valley, to distinguish it from the now closed Nuneaton Abbey Street station, but it is now Nuneaton's only railway station, though many local people still refer to it as Trent Valley. The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together, at a saving. It is a Penalty fare station when travelling on London Midland services. ==History== The station was opened in 1847 when the London North Western Railway opened the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line in order to avoid the congested areas of Coventry and Birmingham. A second station, Nuneaton Abbey Street, was opened in 1873 to link the nearby cities of Birmingham and Leicester and also to link Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville via the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway in order to access the large coal reserves located there. Nuneaton was historically served by several other stations, Including Abbey Street station, Stockingford station, and Chilvers Coton station. All of these stations were closed under the Beeching Axe of 1963 leaving only the present one. In addition, on 18 January 1965 the Coventry – Nuneaton Line closed to passengers. The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway Line was closed in 1965 and its track lifted in 1970. Part of it was later reopened as the heritage Battlefield Line. On 6 June 1975 six people died and 38 were injured in the Nuneaton rail crash just south of the station. The Coventry – Nuneaton Line reopened to passengers in 1988 as did Bedworth station. This service continues to operate. In 2004 two extra platforms were built on the site of the former goods loop and engineers' sidings. These new platforms - 6 and 7 - were to accommodate the Birmingham - Leicester - Stansted Airport services and reduce the number of conflicting movements across Nuneaton South Junction by reinstating a disused bridge. This work also removed the pointwork which had allowed trains to run from Coventry to Leicester via a reversal at Nuneaton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nuneaton railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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